Sherman is a town which straddles Lee, Pontotoc, and Union counties in Mississippi.

In 1840 Reuben Jones and John Witt settled what is now the Sherman community fourteen miles northeast of Pontotoc, however the town owes its formation and growth to the building of the old Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad.

She has 35 dwellings, 6 stores, 2 doctors, no graveyards, a ~40,000 school building and destined to be the Jupiter in the educational world.”[3] Sherman lies northwest of Tupelo, and is concentrated in an area north of Interstate 22 and south of Mississippi Highway 178.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.8 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 600 people, 289 households, and 180 families residing in the town.

The town of Sherman is served by three school districts based on the county the land resides in.

[11] The town's government is headed by the mayor and five aldermen who serve four-year terms.